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Last August, Potter had arrived in the early hours of the morning at an address in Haverhill in an agitated state and picked up a knife, said Miss

Matthews.

Potter frightened his girlfriend by making as if to stab her in the leg and then ordered her to lie on a bed where he brandished the knife towards her but the blade went into a duvet and there were no injuries.

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Jailing him for five years with an extended licence period of two years, Judge David Goodin told Potter that his behaviour had been "frightening and terrifying."

Judge Goodin said that Potter, who had pleaded guilty to assault by beating, two offences of false imprisonment and three offences of making threats to kill, posed a "significant" risk to members of the public through further offending.